Time: Thu Feb 06 16:28:18 1997
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Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 16:26:27 -0800
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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SLS: 1040s and IRS

Dear Friends:

I offer the following clarification:

1:8:17 goes to enclaves, of which
D.C. was the first, and most famous,
example.  ("1:8:17" is shorthand for
Article I, Section 8, Clause 17.)

4:3:2 goes to territories and possessions,
which are acquired by conquest or treaty,
not by cession from any particular state
of the Union.  (Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2)

Together, 1:8:17 and 4:3:2 define the
federal zone;  1:8:17 does not sufficiently
define it, all by itself.

Therefore, exclusive federal jurisdiction extends 
to all territory defined by 1:8:17 and 4:3:2.

I hope this helps.

/s/ Paul Mitchell

p.s.  Article IV is one of the least studied,
and least understood, provisions in the
U.S. Constitution, and yet it is the basis
for all federal district courts at the present
time, with very few exceptions (e.g. U.s.
Court of International Trade, which is Article III
by definition).



At 11:55 AM 2/7/97 -0500, you wrote:
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>Walte writes:                                                             
>   That little phase about not exceeding
>"ten miles square" is within parentheses, meaning
>there's no limit to how big the U.S. can grow.
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>  so,,,, then this means   
>                                    >The District of Columbia was intended
>> to be ten miles square
>
>  without parenthenses, your interpretation of ten miles square covers
>unlimited 
>territory?   Kindly explain how you come to that conclusion?  Remember you're
>saying that the ten miles square on each side,, the part in parentheses is
>superfluous.  Not the ten miles square of the District of Columbia.  
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